[vox] talk topic for July 16 meeting?

[Theodore Sternberg]

Lol, that was just the outline of a proposed talk.

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 9:31 AM Brian E. Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 10:40:48PM -0700, Theodore Sternberg wrote:
> >    Hey Tim,
> >    Yeah, I do have an idea.  I was in fact hashing it out with Ethan
> >    tonight.
> >    It would be about being safe on the internet.  I'd hit topics like,
> >    1. What does an "incognito mode" browser tab buy you in terms of
> >    anonymity?
>
> It just gets you don't keep my cookies, browsing history and
> cache and don't send cookies from other sites. Here is some info.
>
> https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/incognito.htm
>
> >    2. What does "https" (as opposed to "http") mean when it's the first
> >    part of a web address, and what security guarantees does it give you?
>
> If you are on wi-fi hotspot, it will keep people from injecting stuff
> into your surfing.
>
>
> >    3. When and why does your browser warn you you're trying to go to an
> >    "insecure" site, and what are the implications of you clicking on
> "take
> >    me there anyway, I know what I'm doing"?
>
> It means that you are accepting an unverified certificate. Someone could
> have inserted this certificate in the middle or it could be that the
> site has a self signed cert or the certificate expired.
>
> >    4. Is your email traveling in encrypted form?  All the way to its
> >    destination?  Part of the way?
>
> If it says https, it's encrypted to the web server. What
> happens on the other side of the web server is up to the maintainer of
> the web site.
>
> >
> >    On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 10:33 PM Timothy D Thatcher
> >    <[1]daniel.thatcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >      We have something tentatively planned and an announcement of the
> >      topic
> >      will come next week. It's fairly flexible, though - did you have
> >      something in mind that you were interested in contributing? If so,
> >      shoot me a direct email and we can sort something out for this month
> >      or in the near future. (That goes for anyone else on the list, too!)
> >      Tim
> >      On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:06 PM Theodore Sternberg
> >      <[2]strnbrg59 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >      >
> >      > Is there a talk/speaker already lined up?
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